Q4416MPdavidk
4 de agosto de 2024
This is an old facility. For example, fully carpeted halls and rooms; ice maker that works electrically but is out of ice both evening and morning; minimal services and mostly at a charge. Continental breakfast has bagels and mini muffins and yogurt, but no croissants or pastries. A charge for many things, e.g. water bottles in room are $3.00 each except for Hilton Diamond members—at least, according to the labels prominently posted on each bottle. That alone will drive me (a Hilton member) back to Marriott. Outside parking areas have many cigarette butts and some empty bottles and beer cans showing up in the morning as we checked out. Elevators had badly stained metal paneling and some chips in wood paneling. The elevators worked fine but give off the appearance that this place will be a real dump at worst and an old, worn-out hotel at best. The staff was friendly enough. The room was clean except for a piece of candy or cracker on the desk chair and a few crumbs underneath. One corner of the desk had some sticky residue on one corner. Old but clean bathroom. The bed linens were clean and the bed and pillows were comfortable. A/C and thermostats worked okay. Electric plugs and places to plug in cell phones, watches, hearing aids etc. were very good except, like most motels, there was only one plug on one side of the king bed while the other side had plenty. Overall, this place was a clean enough dowdy place that was surprisingly comfortable. We didn’t use the pool, but the water looked clean. The road access to this place is very difficult and tricky; this is the fault of the city streets and not of the hotel. Even with Google Maps, Waze, or Apple Maps, once you take Exit 3, good luck and enjoy some very confusing times. You are likely to be frustrated. Even when you finally see the hotel, the “adventure” is not over—and you can criticize the hotel for the adventure. Enter at the Drury Inn sign, not at the Hilton Garden sign. There is no entrance off the service road at the Hilton sign. So if you make the mistake by thinking that the Hilton entrance sign is an entrance (foolish us), then you can circle the block only to find out that there is no rear entrance to the hotel; you have to do a big loop and start again where you were five minutes ago and start the process again, now being educated that you enter the Drury parking area, not the Hilton Gardens non-existent entrance, and then weave you way over to the Hilton Gardens from inside the Drury parking area. The coffee here is good, and just when you think maybe this place isn’t so bad after all, you may be reminded of some negatives as you tip toe among cigarette butts while loading your car in the morning. We have stayed in several excellent Hilton Gardens hotels within the past year, including staying a week at one in Roanoke. This hotel in Mobile teaches me no longer to rely on the Hilton Gardens brand is selecting a hotel; read customer reviews very carefully to
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